Some of my favorite stories from this year

A note from VF’s editor in chief. [View in your browser]( | [Un](newsletter=vfletters)[subscribe from this email](newsletter=vfletters)   [Letters from Vanity Fair Logo]( Editor in chief Radhika Jones highlights 2022’s signature stories. To support Vanity Fair’s mission in 2023, please consider subscribing, with [this limited-time offer]( of $8 for one year.   [Vanity Fair EIC Radhika Jones] Radhika Jones EDITOR IN CHIEF As an editor, my attention tends to focus on the future: What stories are we publishing today, tomorrow, three months from now? Our mission is to capture the zeitgeist and help Vanity Fair readers stay ahead of the curve, so we’re always thinking about what’s next, whether that’s the presidential election or Prince Harry’s memoir. But as we take a moment to relax and reflect over the holidays, I’m reminded of some of our signature stories from the year that’s passed. A great story can have a long and rewarding afterlife. I’m delighted to share a few that have stuck with me this year, which show our range from politics to fashion to Hollywood—just a handful of the many pieces and projects we’re proud to have published. I hope you’ll consider them, especially if you missed them the first time around. First a dose of style and beauty, fitting for the season: Leah Faye Cooper [visited Dior’s stunning new Paris museum](, and Keziah Weir spoke with Gabriela Hearst, creative director of Chloé, about [her ambition to inflect fashion with nuclear fusion](—prescient in every way. On the political front, James Pogue wrote a [definitive group portrait of the New Right](, a pseudo-intellectual movement evolving along with Trumpism. May Jeong [reported from Atlanta]( on the families mourning the victims of the 2021 spa shootings, and, in so doing, explored a facet of her own family history. Devin Gordon, in Texas to profile the avant-garde musician Grimes, [broke the news of her latest production: a second baby with Elon Musk](. Tressie McMillan Cottom paid tribute to a [new generation of Black country singers]( in Nashville. Joe Pompeo [went ice fishing]( with a newly retired (but not really) Rachel Maddow; Chris Heath went for a drive with [F1 superstar Lewis Hamilton](; and Olivia Wilde gave Julie Miller the [inside story on Don’t Worry Darling](. And Erin Vanderhoof and Katie Nicholl covered a [hugely eventful year for the British monarchy]( in our new podcast, DYNASTY. I hope you’ll read, listen to, and enjoy this excellent work, and explore the rest of what Vanity Fair has to offer. More to come in 2023! Yours, Radhika Jones Editor in Chief, Vanity Fair   Our journalists cover—and create—the most talked-about stories in politics, culture, tech, and media. Your support and your access start with a subscription, only $8 for a full year with this limited-time offer. [SUBSCRIBE NOW](   2022 IN REVIEW: REVISIT THESE GREAT STORIES [Inside the New Right, Where Peter Thiel Is Placing His Biggest Bets]( [By JAMES POGUE]( [They’re not MAGA. They’re not QAnon. Curtis Yarvin and the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics.](   [Image may contain: Clothing, Apparel, Night Life, Human, and Person]( [Grimes on Music, Mars, and Her Secret New Baby]( [By DEVIN GORDON | PHOTOS BY STEVEN KLEIN | STYLED BY PATTI WILSON]( [The visionary pop star holds nothing back, talking with Vanity Fair about everything under the sun.](   [Image may contain: Clothing, Apparel, Human, Person, Pants, Rachel Maddow, Denim, Jeans, Outdoors, and Tree Stump]( [Rachel Maddow Revs Up for Her Next Act]( [By JOE POMPEO]( [The cable juggernaut signed a multimillion-dollar contract to not be on the air five nights a week. Now, Maddow opens up about why she’s changing gears.](   [How the Atlanta Spa Shootings Tell a Story of America]( [By MAY JEONG]( [The rampage killed eight people, including six Asian women. But the ripple effects go far, to other countries, continents, and immigrant histories.](   [Lewis Hamilton Never Quits]( [By CHRIS HEATH | PHOTOS BY ADRIENNE RAQUEL | STYLED BY ERIC MCNEAL]( [The maverick driver can handle anything. But spiders. And traffic.](     [VANITY FAIR logo image]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( This e-mail was sent to you by Vanity Fair. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe from this email](newsletter=vfletters) Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.